Bouquet or corsage shield



Jan, 13. I925.

' J. SANDER BOUQUETIOR CORSAGE SHIELD Filed May 21 1924 Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

BOUQUET OR CORSAGE SHIELD.

Application filed May 21, 1924. Serial No. 714,891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS SANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Bouquet or Corsage Shield, 01. which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in bouquet shields. The object of my invention is to prevent the staining, spotting or soiling of a dress or garment when'a bouquet of flowers is worn against or attached to said garment, the shield being placed between the bouquet and the garment.

The form of the invention is illustrated.

in the accompanying drawing (Fig. 1) which represents a shaped piece of waterproof cloth with a finished edge 1 inside of which edge I run a soft pliable wire so that the upper part of the shield 2 can be bent or shaped around the upper part of the bouquet in such a manner as to keep it slightly distant from the garment and the lower part of the shield 3 can be bent completely around the lower or stem part of the bouquet, thus altording not only effectual protection to the garment but enhancing the sightliness oi the bouquet by hiding the stems and permitting only the flowers to show.

Prior to my inventing the shield in the particular shape as shown in Fig. l, I made a wire edged shield as shown in Fig. 2 but this shield (Fig. 2) had two disadvantages.

First, it necessitated stopping the edging machine at the corners, 1 and 2 to permit turning the shield under the needle of said edging machine, thus delaying production. Secondly, the protection surface of the lower part of the shield 3 was not large enough to completely cover the stems and render that protection which a larger surface would give.

The improvements which I invent avoid corners and permit stitching or edging in one continuous operation thus increasing production, and secondly provide a larger covering surface affording a greater degree of protection to the garment and more effectively hiding the stems.

I do not restrict my invention to the particular shape or size of shield as shown in Figure l, but include various shapes of shields suitable to a small, medium or large sized bouquet.

I claim:

A corsagc or bouquet shield made of waterproof cloth in various shapes and sizes and finished with a stitched and wired edge to permit bending and adjusting around both flower and stem parts of a bouquet in any manner desired.

JULIUS SANDER. 

